Medical cards, the 'over 70s' and all that... ...out of the frying pan?

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dc.contributor.authorKenneally, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-21T08:40:04Z
dc.date.available2011-09-21T08:40:04Z
dc.date.copyright2009-08
dc.date.issued2009-08
dc.description.abstractThe government removed the ‘automatic’ entitlement to a medical card for persons reaching age 70 on 1 January 2009. Since then, persons aged ‘over 70’ must satisfy a means test to receive a medical card. This policy has imposed extra GP and pharmacy costs on those elderly who lost their medical cards far greater than the financial savings the HSE achieved by it, which implies that the policy is inefficient. The same level of GP and pharmacy services can be delivered at lower cost both to those who lost their medical cards and to the HSE. I sketch an alternative efficient policy that provides the elderly with greater financial protection for the medical risks they face and that may encourage them to avail of preventative medical services and thereby mitigate longer term medical costs.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationKenneally, M., 2009.Medical cards, the 'over 70s' and all that... ...out of the frying pan? Centre for Policy Studies Working Papers. Cork: Centre for Policy Studies, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.endpage8en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/336
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCentre for Policy Studies, University College Corken
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCentre for Policy Studies Working Papers;2009-01
dc.rights©2009 Martin Kenneallyen
dc.subjectMedical cardsen
dc.subjectHealth Service Executiveen
dc.subjectSavingsen
dc.subjectPolicy changeen
dc.subject.lcshPublic health--Irelanden
dc.subject.lcshHealth care reform -- Irelanden
dc.subject.lcshMedical care, Cost of -- Irelanden
dc.subject.lcshOlder people--Medical care--Irelanden
dc.titleMedical cards, the 'over 70s' and all that... ...out of the frying pan?en
dc.typeWorking paperen
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